This presentation focuses on active and intentional ally-ship with gender nonconforming survivors, employing methodologies of discussion, presentation, and multimedia.

Attendees of this dynamic Power Point lecture will emerge with a fuller understanding of the unique challenges gender nonconforming community members face on the road to surviving intimate partner or sexual violence. The presentation will be interactive, with possible small group discussions depending on the size of the workshop.

The workshop will be presented in English.

Presented by:

Lorena Reynolds

The Reynolds Law Firm

Lorena is the Managing Attorney at The Reynolds Law Firm, PC, http://www.reynoldslaw.us/, where she supervises five attorneys and their support staff. Her practice focuses on family law and victim’s rights. She also teaches a sociology course on crimes and violence in intimate relationships for Oregon State University. Previously, she taught undergraduate and graduate classes in the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) Department, including Gender, Stalking, and the Law; Sex Trafficking and Sex Work; Violence Against Women; and introductory courses. She is the 2006 recipient of the Mary Zelinka Advocate for Social Justice Award, a 2010 recipient of the OSU Woman of Achievement Award, and the 2014 recipient of the Junior First Citizen Award from the Corvallis Chamber of Commerce for her dedication to ending domestic and sexual violence. Her firm received the prestigious Oregon Women Lawyers (OWLS) Workplace Leader Award in 2017 in recognition of their unique approach to practicing law. She was a member of the Board of Directors for the Center Against Rape and Domestic Violence for almost 15 years, having served as the agency's President, Treasurer, and as chair of many committees. Her firm has provided over $900,000.00 worth of pro bono legal services to survivors of domestic and sexual violence, stalking, and child abuse and to help children who are being negatively impacted by the drug or alcohol abuse of a parent. Lorena is a frequent public speaker and educator on a variety of topics. She is a mother, a survivor, a vegetarian, plays Pokemon Go, and coaches high school tennis. She’s a dyslexic who loves to read, travel, and scuba dive.

Trystan Reese

Trystan Reese has been an LGBT activist virtually his entire adult life, using his personal experiences with hundreds of strangers in door-to-door canvassing conversations, in trainings and presentations for organizations, and most recently in both mainstream outlets and on social media. He created a short video explaining his story as a pregnant transgender man which was viewed hundreds of thousands of times and ended up bringing his story of family-building from a queer and trans context everywhere, from CNN to The Moth to The Washington Post, and has leveraged this viral fame into meaningful conversations about LGBT parenting, anti-trans discrimination, and queer liberation. He lives in Portland with his partner Biff and their three amazing children.